Thiago Silva titular, this Tuesday, in Dortmund? The question is valid. It would not normally arise. It arises now. When Thomas Tuchel mentioned, before Amiens, the eleven he will line up at Signal Iduna Park and these "guys who are sure to play", he had cited Kylian Mbappé as an example. "If he's" fit ", he'll play Tuesday, it's no secret," he said. "O Monstro" certainly belongs to this category of players, those whose German coach automatically names their names on the match sheet. Except that the 35-year-old Brazilian international returns from injury. Touched in the groin against Lille on January 26, he only resumed in Dijon (6-1 victory), last Wednesday, with an hour of play. And he started on Saturday in Amiens (4-4).
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Forty-five minutes for him. No more. Staff sanction? It could have been… Because the ex-Milanese could not do anything to prevent the bankruptcy of his team, poor in the first period and a time led 3-0 by the 19th in Ligue 1, before going up the slope (3- 4) and concede a draw in the last moments. "In the first period, it was not the PSG that we know," he says, dismissing the idea of any form of concern for the match in Dortmund: "There are players who will come back. And even if we played with the same team on Tuesday, the state of mind will be completely different. The fact remains that his half-time release was planned from the start. 45 minutes for him, and 45 for Marquinhos. Ditto in the middle with Idrissa Gueye and Marco Verratti.
Thiago Silva on the bench? Tuchel has other more important questions
"For Thia, it was enough to play 45 minutes," said Tuchel. Indeed, he had no more to give ... Pataud, slow and spectator on the three Picardy goals, the native of Rio was clearly not at the top, lacking in rhythm. Even if the person concerned judges himself "better and better physically" and that coach Tuchel is "not at all" worried about the state of form of his captain. There is however what. From there to imagine the Brazilian on the substitutes' bench, Tuesday, in Dortmund? Not sure knowing that such a decision would force Tuchel to bring Marquinhos down a notch or to establish Thilo Kehrer, not necessarily reassuring too. Thiago Silva is not the only Parisian who asks questions in terms of rhythm. Let us quote pell-mell Marquinhos, Verratti and Bernat, to their advantage Saturday in Picardy and driving forces of the ascendancy against Amiens, but also "Gana" Gueye, in the tough, Saturday, or even Presnel Kimpembe (thigh), out since match against Lyon. And of course Neymar (ribs), absent since February 1. "Tuesday, I'm sure he will be there," said Thiago.
It remains to be seen in what state of form. And it remains to be seen also how many players, not necessarily in optimal condition, Thomas Tuchel can afford to line up at Dortmund. "It's also a question of pace and ability," he says about it. And we acquire this ability after several matches, having the habit of playing, playing, playing. But they are different personalities, different characters. For some players it is possible and for others it is more difficult. We have to check everyone on Sunday and we will decide on Monday. »With a few surprises Tuesday in the Parisian composition?
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